CAPTAIN OF THE HULL TUG ‘CLANSMAN’ DROWNED ON 12/04/1915, AGED 22, WITH J E PATRICK (MATE); S CUNDALL (ENGINEER); J ALLSOP (FIREMAN) AND J CORNER (DECKHAND).
HIS WIDOW LIVED AT NEW BRIDGE ROAD. HIS PARENTS AT THE BOULEVARD. EX RIFLE TAVERN, HESSLE ROAD.
THEIR DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES. THERE ARE NO CWGC RECORDS OF THEIR DEATHS.
| Name: | CLANSMAN |
| Launched: | 10/11/1902 |
| Completed: | 1902 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Son, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 221 |
| Dimensions: | 61grt, 5nrt, 75.0 x 15.1 x 7.9ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (12.5 & 26 x 20ins), 30nhp, 200ihp |
| Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Son, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 116112 |
| History: | |
| 1902 | T Gray & Co Ltd; registered at Hull |
| 1915 | Unknown owners, Russia |
| 1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | 19/03/1915: Stranded on the Inner Binks, Yorkshire. She struck the Bunel Rocks in St. Malo Roads and sank on 13th April 1919. |
| Subsequently declared a total loss | |
| Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details |
First name:
HAROLD
Regiment:
Rank:
Captain
Date Died
12/04/1915
Place died:
Sea
Age:
22
, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
